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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the cat that turns up at Hempstock Farm in pagan days?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Monster.
(c) Big Oliver.
(d) Big Tom.

2. What is served for dinner in Chapter 6?
(a) Roast chicken.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Ham.
(d) Turkey.

3. What is the narrator’s laboratory in actuality?
(a) A green-painted shed.
(b) A back room at the library.
(c) A corner of the basement.
(d) A space under the front porch.

4. In Chapter 7, from where does the narrator watch as his father shows Ursula around the gardens?
(a) From under the back porch.
(b) From the hedgerow.
(c) From the beech tree.
(d) From his laboratory.

5. In Chapter 2, what room is the narrator’s bedroom over?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The television room.
(c) The living room.
(d) The dining room.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how many days a week does the narrator’s mother say she will work at her new job?

2. On what day of the week does the narrator receive a letter saying he won the Premium Bonds?

3. What types of trees line the side of the meadow at the Hempstock farm?

4. What is Lettie’s ocean implied to actually be?

5. What animal is seen by the narrator and Lettie as they feel the storm in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the clearing that he and Lettie enter in their search for the creature in Chapter 4?

2. How does the narrator describe Ursula when she first arrives?

3. Why does the narrator let go of Lettie’s hand in Chapter 4?

4. How does the narrator describe the lane that he drives in the Prologue?

5. Describe the narrator's dream in Chapter 3. What does the narrator discover when he wakes?

6. Where does the narrator like to read on nice spring days?

7. What does the narrator’s sister do every night before bed?

8. What does the narrator’s father do in Chapter 7 after the narrator refuses to eat or apologize to Ursula?

9. Where did the narrator live growing up? At what point did his family move?

10. What does the narrator find when he examines his foot in Chapter 5?

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